ALEX Lesson Plans

Title: Poetry in Music
Description:
Students will identify major poetic elements in contemporary song lyrics to help them better appreciate how music incorporates poetry regularly.
This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: English Language Arts (12) Title: Poetry in MusicDescription: Students will identify major poetic elements in contemporary song lyrics to help them better appreciate how music incorporates poetry regularly.
This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.

Title: Digital Senior Memory Book
Description:
Students will design a digital story that will consist of their memories and thoughts from their whole life. After the students finish the digital book, the book will be combined into a digital presentation to be shared at a senior luncheon.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 15: Forecast technology innovations based on trends.

Subject: English Language Arts (12), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Digital Senior Memory BookDescription: Students will design a digital story that will consist of their memories and thoughts from their whole life. After the students finish the digital book, the book will be combined into a digital presentation to be shared at a senior luncheon.

Title: "Getting the Job" - Proficiency in Composition
Description:
This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan. Advanced word processing skills are a must for students entering the workforce or pursuing higher education. This lesson will help students achieve proficiency in creating effective employment correspondence. Students must demonstrate proficiency by creating a solicited letter, personal resume, and follow-up letter based on a specific job ad.
Standard(s): [BMA] BA11 (9-12) 1: Construct written communication using correct business format, including letters of application, résumés, and follow-up letters.

Subject: Business, Management, and Administration (9 - 12), or English Language Arts (12) Title: "Getting the Job" - Proficiency in CompositionDescription: This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan. Advanced word processing skills are a must for students entering the workforce or pursuing higher education. This lesson will help students achieve proficiency in creating effective employment correspondence. Students must demonstrate proficiency by creating a solicited letter, personal resume, and follow-up letter based on a specific job ad.

Thinkfinity Lesson Plans

Title: Live from Antiquity
Description:
The goals of this EDSITEment lesson are to gain an appreciation for Greek drama through study of a play by Sophocles, to explore the cultural and historical context of Greek drama and its role in Greek society, and to reconstruct the experience of seeing a Greek drama performed and share that experience in an imaginative report.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: Arts,Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Live from AntiquityDescription: The goals of this EDSITEment lesson are to gain an appreciation for Greek drama through study of a play by Sophocles, to explore the cultural and historical context of Greek drama and its role in Greek society, and to reconstruct the experience of seeing a Greek drama performed and share that experience in an imaginative report.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Title: Practical Criticism
Description:
The goals of this lesson, from EDSITEment, are to analyze the verbal devices through which poems make meaning, to compare one's personal interpretation of a poem with the personal interpretations of others, and to develop standards of literary judgment.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Practical CriticismDescription: The goals of this lesson, from EDSITEment, are to analyze the verbal devices through which poems make meaning, to compare one's personal interpretation of a poem with the personal interpretations of others, and to develop standards of literary judgment.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Title: Renaissance Humanism in Hamlet and The Birth of Venus
Description:
After reading Shakespeare's Hamlet, students identify, analyze, and explain how elements in Botticelli's painting Birth of Venus and examples from the play illustrate the philosophy of Renaissance Humanism.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Renaissance Humanism in Hamlet and The Birth of Venus Description: After reading Shakespeare's Hamlet, students identify, analyze, and explain how elements in Botticelli's painting Birth of Venus and examples from the play illustrate the philosophy of Renaissance Humanism.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Title: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's ''The Yellow Wall-paper'' -- Writing Women
Description:
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study the setting, narrative style, symbolism, and characterization in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, The Yellow Wall-paper. Students also learn about the economic conditions and social roles of 19th-century middle-class women.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's ''The Yellow Wall-paper'' -- Writing WomenDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study the setting, narrative style, symbolism, and characterization in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, The Yellow Wall-paper. Students also learn about the economic conditions and social roles of 19th-century middle-class women.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Title: Happily Ever After? Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy
Description:
By exploring the decisions points in a tragedy, students consider how the plot of the story can change if the key characters make a different choice at the turning point.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

ALEX Multimedia

Title: Using the AVL's Ferguson's Career Guidance Center to Research a Career
Overview:
Tutorial illustrates the steps a student should follow to research a career using Ferguson's Career Guidance Center on the Alabama Virtual Library. Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Thinkfinity Learning Activities

Title: Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.
Description:
Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.Description: Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 9,10,11,12